Here are our two kids enjoying a fun filled fall frolic afternoon at our home. The kids really enjoy being outside when the weather permits. Lately we have had some cold rainy weather. We piled up the leaves at the end of the slide and both kids had fun sliding into the pile. We also made another pile that Hannah and Luke had fun running into the pile and hiding in the leaves. I'm glad I had the camera ready this time.
Yesterday, Luke started to realize his own name. He named off mommy, daddy, and Hannah and then said, "I'm a Lukey." It was pretty cute. It never ceases to amaze me how kids grow and develop even in their self-awareness. He would often look at pictures of himself and say "baby," but now he is started to realize that his name is "Lukey." His speech and words are becoming clearer each day. Although he often goes around saying, " 'ello" for just about everything. So it does take some time trying to figure out sometimes what he is trying to say.
Last week for Hannah's gymnastics class, she was the only one who showed up. The other two or three girls must have been out for "all beggars" night. Last Thursday was "Trick or Treat" night in the area for the kids in town. We have chosen not to really celebrate Halloween with our kids. It just isn't the same as it was 20 or 30 years ago. Neither Andrea nor I feel very comfortable with all the negative influences that have been going on with this particular day. We are also having a hard time in giving the "Evil One" a special day when it goes completely against everything we believe in. We don't mind dressing up and pretending. Hannah does that all the time. But we object to witches, demons, and other occultic costumes that we did see a lot of that night. But I see I've digressed way to much. What I really wanted to mention was that Hannah had a very special night at gymnastics by being the only one in her group to show up. She had a lot of personalized attention and even got to go out on the main floor with all the "big" girls. She got to really try a big balance beam, the trampoline, the uneven bars, etc. She was pretty tired by the end of the day, but we had a lot of fun watching her.
After gymnastics, I took the kids out to eat supper at Wendy's. Now this was a "treat" for us, because I usually come back home and make a late supper. But since it was "Trick or Treat" night in our area, we went out and still had some "treats." The kids got to see "Wendy" or at least an employee dressed like her; she was handing out some candy and toys to the kids who stopped by. Then we went to Walmart, where the kids got some more candy. So even though we didn't go out in costume or to get candy, we still had some.
On the homeschool front, Hannah has now learned sounds for: a, b, f, i, k, m, and t. We are trying to "blend" sight words with Hannah so that she can start reading soon. She really enjoys doing the workbooks and reading "Berenstain Bears." She also likes playing outside, eating ice cream, and having fun with Luke.
Well, I guess that is about all for now. We'll post more latter as thing continue to happen around here.
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